Buckle



Mardi 3, 1931. ALTERSON 1,795,273

BUCKLE Filed June 24, 1930 y 31a/vento?, [om difenfoz, @la @Mo/:M i

Patented Man. 3, l 1931 UNITED STA IOUIS ALTER'SON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUCKLE Application iiled .Tune 24, 1930. Serial No. 463,396. i

This invention relates to a buckle or simi lar fastening device and has for its object to provide an article of this character particularly intended for use upon shoes, belts, 'wrist watches and many other articles.

The primaryobject of my invention is to provide a buckle which shall be extremely simple in construction and design and which shall be sturdy and extremely unlikely to,

break during ordinaryv use. A

A further ob 'ect of the invention is to provide a type of buckle of such form that the same may be conveniently used upon shoes and similar articles by reason of its compact- Y ness and general design. lIts construction 'and arrangement 1s such that 1t 1s neat and inconspicuous in appearance, it has no protruding or extended parts likely to. injure the wearer when used upon a shoe or thelike and in addition, presents an ornamental aspectand greatly enhances the appearance of the article to which it is attached. While I describe my improved buckle as being particularly applicable to shoes and similar articles, it will be readily understood that the same can be used upon numerous articles, garments and devices wherever, a buckle may properly and suitably be' used as` a fastening instrumentality. lVith these objects and such other objects as may hereinafter` appear, I have devised the particular arrangement of parts set forth below and more particularly pointed out in the claim appended hereto..

Reference is to be. had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a buckle made in accordance with my inventiomshowing the same attached to a strap, band or the 40 like; Figure 2 is a side elevation of the buckle Figure 3 is a front view of the buckleshowing the manner in which it appears when connecting together the straps of a shoe' or other article; and v Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 1, looking in the direction' of the arrows., y

In the preferred embodiment'of my invention, l indicates the frame of the buckle. The

-the tongue 7 passes.

same is preferablylofv generally elongated contour and is provided .at its opposite ends with similar. loops 2 and 3 which are integrally connected by a pair o f parallel side frame members 4 and' 5. Across bar 6 located intermediate ofthe loops extends between and joins the side frame members 4 and 5 and -a .buckle tongue 7 is freely pivotedion the cross bar, said tongue having one of its ends 'looped about the cross bar 6 and its free end vnormally resting on the face ofthe loop 3.

It will be seen that-the openings 8 and 9 within the looped members 2- and 3 are of greater transverse dimension than the space between the two side frame members v4 andn 5.

In other words, the 4buckle* frame is of contracted dimension at its central portion .and

is .provided withilared loops at its' opposite ends for a purpose to be hereafter described..

At 1() is disclosed one of th^e straps of a shoe; one end of a belt or the like. rlhe same is provided with a loop `11 which encompasses the cross-bar 6. and is 'apertu-red at 12 to pery m-it the passage of the tongue 7. At 13 isv shown. another end of the strapwhich is provided with the usual hole 14 through which The strap i 13 is eX- tended upthrough the opening 8 in the loop 3 and the tongue 7 then passes through the hole 14. The end of the strap 13 is then projected downwardly through the loop opening 9 and under the loop member 2` as clearly disclosed in Figures 3 and 4.

It will be noted that the width of the strap 13 is sufficient to wholly overlie the contracted 'portions of the frame, that is, thevframe side members 4 and `5, and completely conceal the same. The strap 13, extending through both loops covers and conceals the' cross lbar 6 and the looped strap end 11 secured thereto.

Thus, when the buckle is viewed fromthe front asin'Figure 3, it presents the appearance of two independent spaced loops. In bucklesof the present day construction, the longitudinalsides are so extended that the same protrude far out beyond the edges of the straps or belts to whichthey are applied'.

These protruding parts not only seriously detract from the appearancel of the buckle, but sometimes# provide protruding edges which cause discomfort to the wearer of are ticles on which such buckles are used.

Through the construction of my improved buckle, these protruding edges are not only concealed by the straps or bands to which they are attached, thus enhancing their appearance, but they also measura 1y protect the wearer from contact with these edges.

While I have described my buckle as being applied to shoe straps or similar articles, it"

will be understood that it may well be used as a belt buckle or in various environments where a buckle of the appearance and desirable features presented by that forming the subject of my invention may aptly be used.

While I have shown one embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that the same is not to be restricted thereto but is broad enough to cover all structures coming within the scope of the annexed claim.

What I claim is A buckle for connecting two strap ends, said buckle having a frame .provided with a Vpair of elongated side bars, the opposite ends of said bars integrally and rigidly connect*- ing with similar fixed enlarged loops and maintaining said loops spaced at a distance apart, the space defined by the inner edgel of each of said loops being greater than the distance between the outer edges of the two side bars, said loops receiving one of the strap ends, said strap end being passed through both loops and closely fitting said loops and extending over and concealing the side bars, a cross bar connecting the two side bars between the loops, said cross bar being provided with a pivoted tongue, said cross bar receiving the other strap end and being concealed from view by the first mentioned strap end that passes through the two loops on the buckle frame.

Signed at the city, county, and State of New York, this 23rd day of June, 1930.

LOUIS ALTERSGN. 

